What would do you in this situation?

For what it's worth, I'd start looking for something else

 

You said it

 

Yeah. Lots of courage tho. I like.

So you're tougher than usual. I salute you. Lots of guts. Excellent!. Let's work on the smarts. Repeat after me: I cannot worry about things that I have no control over. Let's work on the things you can.

1.Fueling. You bombed.
2. Trip planning. You bombed.
3. You should have told your travel agent from jump street that you couldn't make UPS' schedule. You knew when they dispatched you. That was the time to speak up.

Luck in battle.

 

I like your attitude. Do whatcha gotta do to get the job done. Nut up or shut up. Too many wusses out there that just roll over and give up after a run of bad luck.

 

Sadly, I'm going to agree with others here and say that you failed on two points.

I've never chained, and I won't chain. If I see I'm going someplace where it's bad enough to need chains, I'll go around another route, which I have that luxury with my company, or I'll park it. I have chains, but they will stay in their bags on the floor board passenger side

 

Redrover, I am going to be mean, as I usually do to my own drivers if they did this (actually I am not being as mean to you as I would with them).

I don't buy the excuses, you are a cdl holder, you make the decisions when to fuel, when to run and when not to. The smart driver would understand that there are times when miles are not going to happen.

I would have stopped before passing Coeur D'Alene and sat until the weather got better, I would have also told the company I need fuel, I am going to fuel here and topped up. I think also your chaining issue is a preventable, serious issue when things fly off the truck and damage other vehicles. Just because she didn't have insurance means nothing, just because she left means nothing, you are driving for a deep pockets company and she can turn around and tell the company you took off and left her hanging.

The issues leading up to this mess are your own making, it is a lesson learned and the truth is that you could and should do better next time.

 

She was driving without insurance, her tough luck.

 

I had an incidental back in sept 14 in Chicago. Lady claimed I rolled back into her. Her car showed old damage cop didn't cite me, says he thinks it's a scam. Let's me go, tows her car for driving without a license, and no insurance. 3 weeks later my company calls and says that she got a lawyer and is suing tmc for $7000 in damage to her 2002 cavalier. Tmc refused to fight it and just settled with her out of court. Said it was cheaper to do that than it was too fight it